I’ve spent much of this week trying to unpack (in both the literal and figurative senses) two fantastic professional experiences, both involving interacting with trail and tourism professionals of Atlantic Canada. The experiences: In April, spending a week in Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where I took a fantastic four day […]
Best Practices
Atlantic Canada Best Practices Mission
“It’s all about the content, not the container.” Wow! What a week. I spent last week hosting a group of trail tourism advocates from Atlantic Canada, sharing best practices along four Mid-Atlantic trails: the Appalachian Trail, C&O Canal Towpath, Virginia Creeper Trail, and the Great Allegheny Passage. The group members hailed from New Brunswick, Newfoundland, […]
How to Build (a Bike) Community
There’s a now-famous “How to Build Community” poster created by the Syracuse Cultural Workers in 1998. The comprehensive “how-to” begins with “Turn off your TV” and ends with working to make heard the voices of the silent. The poster is at once simple, cute, and inspiring, and has resonated with those who rally for our […]